[Incidence of allergic diseases and atopic markers in a tertiary hospital].
With the aim to know both the distribution and features of allergic disorders in a third level hospital at Mexico city we performed a descriptive study throughout one year, patients data were obtained from their clinical records at initial evaluation. We attended 1486 patients, 744 females (50.1%) and 742 males (49.9%). Children under 10 years-old were the main ages group (46.8%). Forty-four percent of the patients had at least one atopic relative, one brother or sister in 19.5%. White blood cells results showed peripheral cosinophilia in 57.6% patients and nasal cosinophilia in 58.1%. We found S. aureus, coagulase positive in 55% of 192 positive throat cultures. The more frequent diagnoses were rhinitis and asthma (46.3%), rhinitis (20.7%) and asthma (14.1%). We consider that the more prominent findings were the high index of S. aureus, higher atopic family history in brothers and the association between cosinophilia and allergic disorders.
Rodríguez Medina
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Departamento de alergia e inmunología clínica, Hospital de Especialidades, CMN La Raza, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social.
Rojo Gutiérrez
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Becerril Angeles
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Gasca Bauza
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006782:Hospitals, Special / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010343:Patient Admission; D015995:Prevalence
Incidencia de enfermedades alérgicas y marcadores atópicos en un hospital de tercer nivel.